Cocteau Twins Review / Doves Preview (Album 6)

(Twins preview here) The Cocteau Twins album is...strange. To say the least. I mean it was interesting, but I don't understand what was so special about it that I had to hear it before I die. Sound wise, it was as if the main singer for Coldplay (Chris Martin, who I love by the way) was born a girl, singing over mediocre house music mixed with some synthy-electro guitar. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I didn't really enjoy it as much as I think the authors of this book had intended. I just thought that it was 'meh'. So, needless to say there won't be a whole lot of replay value for me for this album. I will say though, that all the songs had fantastically entertaining names.

Favorite Songs

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     *crickets*

The first album of the 21st century:

Album: Lost Souls

Artist: Doves

Release Year: 2000

"Appropriatley, Lost Souls contains reference points to much of Manchester's glorious musical heritage - notably the seductive melencholy of Joy Divisions and early New Order, the sparkling musicality of The Smith's, and the rhyths of early house music. (The album is dedicated to Rob Gretton, New Order's manager, who had signed Sub Sub to his label, Rob's Records.)Nominated for the Mercury Prize, Lost Souls remains one of Doves' strongest offerings, a stellar achievement from a band who had lost everything." - Peter Notari

01 - Firesuite

02 - Here It Comes

03 - Break Me Gently

04 - Sea Song

05 - Rise

06 - Lost Souls

07 - Melody Calls

08 - Catch The Sun

09 - The Man Who Told Everything

10 - The Cedar Room

11 - Reprise

12 - A House

iTunes: Lost Souls - Doves (has some extra bonus songs or whatever, I won't be acknowledging those songs in the review)
Spotify: Lost Souls - Doves

It's interesting that you can tell very obviously that "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" is very blatantly English. I haven't heard of a couple of these bands before, and looking ahead, there are a lot of English references and bands that played and developed there (England).

~mfm